MCPS Teachers - Do You Send Your Own Kids to Public School?

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Anonymous wrote:Came across this article that mentioned a survey indicating that if given the choice 90% of public school teachers would send their kids to private school and am wondering how accurate that is in my own county.

‘Why I’m a Public School Teacher But a Private School Parent’
https://tenneyschool.com/why-im-a-public-school-teacher-but-a-private-school-parent/

Here’s another similar article but different author from a couple of years ago:

‘Why I’m a Public-School Teacher but a Private-School Parent’
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/why-im-a-public-school-teacher-but-a-private-school-parent/386797/

Do you think many public school teachers can afford $50k/year for private?

Most teachers make $80-120K so if their spouse makes a similar amount or more with aid or a catholic school they are fine.

My siblings kids went to catholic. They were always complaining about the indoctrination.

Umm, it's a Catholic school. What would you expect? Were your siblings stupid too?

They were bright enough that they could recognize the indoctrination. I think they did get into trouble for standing up for women's rights.

[Anonymous]

And you think there is no indoctrination in public school? Hahaha. MCPS teacher here who will take Catholic indoctrination over public school indoctrination for my kids.

[Anonymous]

My spouse and I both teach high school in MCPS and our youngest just graduated. The system has declined steadily over the past 25 years but has been in absolute free fall for the last few. We are thankful that our kids survived the system fairly unscathed, but we have often discussed the fact that, if we had young children now, we would move to put them in a preferable school system or make the necessary sacrifices to put them in private school. Run - don't walk -from this system. It is on fire!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And you think there is no indoctrination in public school? Hahaha. MCPS teacher here who will take Catholic indoctrination over public school indoctrination for my kids.

There is no indoctrination. I’m an MCPS teacher, former Catholic, and am proud this county teaches proper science, including evolution. If thats indoctrinating, I’ll support it. Way to try and create controversy when there is none. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And you think there is no indoctrination in public school? Hahaha. MCPS teacher here who will take Catholic indoctrination over public school indoctrination for my kids.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My spouse and I both teach high school in MCPS and our youngest just graduated. The system has declined steadily over the past 25 years but has been in absolute free fall for the last few. We are thankful that our kids survived the system fairly unscathed, but we have often discussed the fact that, if we had young children now, we would move to put them in a preferable school system or make the necessary sacrifices to put them in private school. Run - don't walk -from this system. It is on fire!

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MCPS teacher here and this post says what many of us teachers are thinking!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My spouse and I both teach high school in MCPS and our youngest just graduated. The system has declined steadily over the past 25 years but has been in absolute free fall for the last few. We are thankful that our kids survived the system fairly unscathed, but we have often discussed the fact that, if we had young children now, we would move to put them in a preferable school system or make the necessary sacrifices to put them in private school. Run - don't walk -from this system. It is on fire!

100%
MCPS teacher here and this post says what many of us teachers are thinking!

Please then. Let us know what is so superior now in this age of public education. Look at the big picture folks. We could be putting up the commandments next year if we were in other states. Recognize your privilege. You sound uneducated when you speak like this. I bet MCPS is good enough for the poors though.

[Anonymous]

Mcps educator here- I've eyed private schools for both of my kids. Mcps has done a terrible job with the one who has an LD...an utterly abysmal job and I truly feel like he would be illiterate if I hadn’t done significan early intervention as soon as i recognized the problem. Unfortunately the LD privates cost way too much and a cheap nearby catholic school would be too rigorous and not supportive enough. The best I can do is throw money at private tutoring and provide a lot of support at home. I may need to send him to private down the road.

I'm also very concerned about the open drug use and distractions at the high school level. I will see how things shake out for my older child.

[Anonymous]

Ironic since I was just talking to my neighbor who is a teacher in MCPS. Her DS was put on academic probation after his first semester in college due to dismal grades. He didn't really attend class regularly (he didn't in HS either) and was pissed that none of his professors allowed retakes. He didn't improve enough in the second semester to go back next year. His mom is pissed but students are being passed along with these BS practices and some end up in college. It's educational fraud. Yes, I know all of the students of DCUM posters don't need retakes but there are kids being passed along who do end up in college. I remember reading an article years ago that something like 40% of a college students need to take remedial classes. So how can they be getting all of these As in HS but need remedial courses in college? Something doesn't add up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ironic since I was just talking to my neighbor who is a teacher in MCPS. Her DS was put on academic probation after his first semester in college due to dismal grades. He didn't really attend class regularly (he didn't in HS either) and was pissed that none of his professors allowed retakes. He didn't improve enough in the second semester to go back next year. His mom is pissed but students are being passed along with these BS practices and some end up in college. It's educational fraud. Yes, I know all of the students of DCUM posters don't need retakes but there are kids being passed along who do end up in college. I remember reading an article years ago that something like 40% of a college students need to take remedial classes. So how can they be getting all of these As in HS but need remedial courses in college? Something doesn't add up.

So he didn't attend class regularly but an MCPS teacher is blaming the system for his inability to pass freshman college classes? Yeah sure, ok Jan

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any public school teacher or official who works for the system but doesn't send their own kids to MCPS is saying a lot about how they feel about the system.

My child’s fourth grade teacher sent her child to private school AND used the grammar curriculum from her child’s private school to teach her class grammar.

Good for her! I first considered private school after several MCPS school staff confided that their kids were in private school. Our former private has some former public school teachers and gives scholarships to children of public school teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I sent mine to Catholic private for K-8; then public IB for high school.

If I little kids now, I would do ES bilingual ((I am zoned for Oakland Terrace). I missed the boat on that one. i would still do private for middle school, then IB program HS.

The problem is Catholic private involves indoctrination and the education part is kind of worse the only pro is they can kick all the behavioral problems to the curb which I guess counts for something.

Catholic education is different starting in HS. Any person of faith or no faith would benefit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mcps educator here- I've eyed private schools for both of my kids. Mcps has done a terrible job with the one who has an LD...an utterly abysmal job and I truly feel like he would be illiterate if I hadn’t done significan early intervention as soon as i recognized the problem. Unfortunately the LD privates cost way too much and a cheap nearby catholic school would be too rigorous and not supportive enough. The best I can do is throw money at private tutoring and provide a lot of support at home. I may need to send him to private down the road.

I'm also very concerned about the open drug use and distractions at the high school level. I will see how things shake out for my older child.

Open drug use? This is crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ironic since I was just talking to my neighbor who is a teacher in MCPS. Her DS was put on academic probation after his first semester in college due to dismal grades. He didn't really attend class regularly (he didn't in HS either) and was pissed that none of his professors allowed retakes. He didn't improve enough in the second semester to go back next year. His mom is pissed but students are being passed along with these BS practices and some end up in college. It's educational fraud. Yes, I know all of the students of DCUM posters don't need retakes but there are kids being passed along who do end up in college. I remember reading an article years ago that something like 40% of a college students need to take remedial classes. So how can they be getting all of these As in HS but need remedial courses in college? Something doesn't add up.

Exactly. It is a travesty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And you think there is no indoctrination in public school? Hahaha. MCPS teacher here who will take Catholic indoctrination over public school indoctrination for my kids.

There is no indoctrination. I’m an MCPS teacher, former Catholic, and am proud this county teaches proper science, including evolution. If thats indoctrinating, I’ll support it. Way to try and create controversy when there is none. 🙄

Catholic schools teach evolution. You're far more likely to get teachers who waffle on evolution or classmates who object in a public school than a Catholic one since the church's teaching on it is clear.